# Accident 19900908047359A: Cessna 337C, Manville, NJ, September 8, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1990, 07:40 local time
- Place: Manville, NJ
- Airport: Kupper Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5244° N, 74.5983° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5244&lon=-74.5983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2654S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2654S-1997-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337C (registry code 2075712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337C
- Reported engine: CONT IO360G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,418 total, 713 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC90LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900908047359A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT REPORT SEAT SLID BACK ON TAKEOFF ROLL. UNABLE REACH CONTROLS RAN OFF END RUNWAY. NO DEFECTS IN SEAT LATCH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC90LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA216), Sep 8, 1990: Cessna C337 (N2654S), Manville, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO SECURE HIS SEAT WHICH SLIPPED BACK DURING THE TAKE OFF RUN.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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